There's a London Underground station that never moves a single passenger. That's because it's a mock-up built to train new employees. The station, located in West Kensington, is designed to be as realistic as possible:
The tube station is probably the highlight for any visitor and in addition to looking like a tube station, it also behaves a bit like one. When a train is due to arrive, although no physical train appears, the platform rumbles, speakers drown out conversations and there is even a fan in the corner blowing to simulate the wind blast that heralds the arrival of the train.
What would you add to make the simulator truly realistic?
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At least two are needed, and, most importantly, the announcments must be slightly offset from one another, so that travelers are subject to a overlapping barrage of polite reminders, like so:
MIND THE GAP.
MUH-MIND THE-UH GAP-AP.
MIND-IND UHTHE AP-GAP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHu_cfy33bY
And then on the human side:
- Some pickpockets to keep everyone on their toes
- At least a few druggies and/or alcoholics that beg and smell really bad and who are generally completely lost on their trip
- The odd kissing or fighting couple
- A few backpackers that have no idea how big their backpack really is
- Some cops who only bother the wrong people to give them a false sence of security